How to draw more type of lines in matplotlib

Question

There are only 4 types of line style in matplotlib: ['--', '-.', '-', ':']. Can one make more than 4 different types of line style in matplotlib?

Answer 1

The latest matplotlib documentation (currently unreleased) includes many custom linestyle examples right now. Here's a screen shot:

For easier copy paste, here's part of the code used to make that plot:

linestyle_tuple = [
     ('loosely dotted',        (0, (1, 10))),
     ('dotted',                (0, (1, 1))),
     ('densely dotted',        (0, (1, 1))),

     ('loosely dashed',        (0, (5, 10))),
     ('dashed',                (0, (5, 5))),
     ('densely dashed',        (0, (5, 1))),

     ('loosely dashdotted',    (0, (3, 10, 1, 10))),
     ('dashdotted',            (0, (3, 5, 1, 5))),
     ('densely dashdotted',    (0, (3, 1, 1, 1))),

     ('dashdotdotted',         (0, (3, 5, 1, 5, 1, 5))),
     ('loosely dashdotdotted', (0, (3, 10, 1, 10, 1, 10))),
     ('densely dashdotdotted', (0, (3, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1)))]